ABSTRACT
Etiology of pleural exudates was established in 87 (79%) out of 110 men, in age 18-82 years, mean-51 years. In this group of patients tuberculosis was recognized in 19.1%, neoplastic disorders in 25.4%, infectious-nontuberculous disease in 34.5%. Etiology of pleural exudates in 20.9% of patients was unknown. However, 80% of them improved in the course of antituberculous treatment.
Subject(s)
Exudates and Transudates/cytology , Pleura/pathology , Pleural Diseases/diagnosis , Pleural Effusion/etiology , Tuberculosis, Pleural/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Exudates and Transudates/microbiology , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pleura/microbiology , Pleural Neoplasms/complications , Pleural Neoplasms/diagnosis , Tuberculosis, Pleural/complicationsABSTRACT
The authors present a case report on a 17-year old male in whom focal neurological symptoms, abnormal EEG findings, tumors seen on CT scan of the brain and a normal chest radiogram produced grave diagnostic problems. The resected tumor from the occipital lobe proved to be a tuberculoma. The patient was treated with 6 antituberculous drugs. A control CT-scan demonstrated complete cure and resolution of tumors in the central nervous system. The source of the infection was the young male's father with sputum positive, active pulmonary tuberculosis.
